Chair



A. BINDER May 13 1924.

CHAIR Filed March 12. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet. 1

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May 13 1924. v 1,493563 A.. BINDER CHAIR Filed March 12. 1923 2 Shoots-Sheet 2 Patented May 13, 1924.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHAIR.

Application filed March 12, 1923.

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, AnNoLn BINDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and

State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to novel improvements in chairs, and has for its principal object the provision of an improved construction of this character Which will be economi cal in manufacture.

Among other objects of the invention is the provision of a chair, the construction of which is such that will permit the chair to he collapsed when not in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying: drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1, is a front elevational view of a chair embodying the invention;

Fig. 2, is a sectional view taken substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on line EF -3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4, is a sectional view taken substantially on line 44: of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings showing the preferred form. of construction, indicates the arm rests of the chair A, 11 indicates the bases or feet of the chair. The back of the chair is indicated at 12, and as illustrated in the drawings, is provided with an opening through which a stud 14 formed on one of the arm rests is taken and which passes into a socket 15 formed in a cap 16 (Fig. 3). The chair back is also provided with a slot 17 opposite the hole 13 for the reception of a stud 18 formed on the other arm rest 10 and adapted to pass into a socket 19 formed in a cap 20 (Fig. 3). By this construction it is apparent that the back 12 can be swung in a direction to disengage the slot 17 from the stud 18 for purposes to be more fully hereinafter understood.

The arm rests 10 and the bases 11 are provided with equally spaced apart sockets as indicated at 20, Fig. 3. The sides 21 of the Serial No. 624x472.

chair A include a plurality of ba-lusters indicated at 22, Fig. 1, provided with reduced portions 23 adapted to pass into the sockets 20 and fixed thereinby means usually employed in the furniture'art. The balusters 22 are curved as shown and cross eachother at a point indicated at 24:, Fig. 1, and are ed on one end thereof. The slats 28 arealternately pivotally connected at their ends 82' to the balusters 22 by rod members each provided with nuts 34.- screw-threaded on one endthereof. The free ends indicated at 35 ofthe slats are bevelled inwardly and downward ly as at 36. and are shaped to conform to the adjacent curved sides 37 of the balusters 22 on which the free end of the slats rest when the chair is in distended position.

\Vhen the chair is in distended position, as illustrated in Fig. 1, it will be apparent that the back 12 serves to lock the chair in such distended position, and to collapse the chair, all that is necessary to be done is to swing the back so as to disengage the slot 17 from the stud 18, the chair being shown partially collapsed by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

It is intended that the slats 28 be arranged side to side in close proximity so as not to provide spaces therebetween but to form as near as possible a continuous seating surface, as best illustrated in Fig. 4.

From the above description it will be seen that the construction of my chair is econominal in manufacture and while the drawings illustrate the preferred form of curvature of the balusters, this may be changed according to desire without destroying the utility of the invention.

lVhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A chair structure of the class described comprising supports including a plurality of balusters pivotally connected together and crossing each other at the pivot connection, a collapsible seat carried by the supports includin a plurality of slats pivotally connected together and alternately pivotally connected to the balusters, and a panel-like backing member swingably mounted on said supports and adapted to lock the supports in distended position.

2. A chair structure of the class described comprising supports including a plurality of balusters pivotally connected together and crossing each other at the pivot connection, a collapsible seat carried by the supports including a plurality of slats pivotally connected together and alternately pivotally connected to the balusters, and a back pivotally carried by the supports and adapted to lock the supports in distended position.

3. A collapsible chair structure including arm rests, bases, sides including balusters pivotally connected together and having their ends fixed to the arm rests and bases, and a collapsible seat including members pivotally connected together and alternately pivoted to the balusters and havingtheir free ends bevelled and resting on the adjacent baluster.

4. A collapsible chair structure including arm rests, bases, sides including balusters pivotally connected together and having their ends fixed to the arm rests and bases, a collapsible seat including members pivotally connected together and alternately pivoted to the balusters and having heir free ends bevelled and resting on the adjacent baluster, and a back pivotally carried by one of the arm rests and provided with a slot opposite the pivoted connection, there being a stud on the other of the arm rests adapted to pass into the slot.

5. A collapsible chair structure including arm rests, bases, sides including balusters pivotally connected together and having their ends fixed to the arm rests and bases, a collapsible seat including members pivotally connected together and alternately pivoted to the balusters and having their free ends bevelled and resting on the adjacent baluster, and a back rest adapted to lock the chair parts in distended position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses- ARNOLD BINDER.

Witnesses:

JACOB OLLA CoLINs, JOSEPH G. KELLER. 

